James Nichols @tailwyndevents
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Personal Summary
Challenge Equals Growth – Always strive to do more today than you did yesterday.
- Professional Experience
- Owner of Tailwynd and Tailwynd Events
- Full Service Promotional Companies
- Athletic & Fitness Events
- Marketing Strategy
- Web Design
- Full Service Athletic Event Management Company
- 15+ years in the construction products industry
- Currently President of Rogers Block, Indianapolis, IN
- BA Business – Washington State University
- MBA – Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA
- Athletic Summary
- Adventure Racing/Orienteering
- 2009 LBL Challenge (Bonk Hard Racing)
- 2008 Planet Adventure Urban Sprint (2nd Coed, 2nd Overall)
- 2008 Planet Adventure Sprint Redux
- 2007 – … year off for knee surgery
- 2006 – Warner Adventure Race, Nashville, TN (2nd place in co-ed)
- 2006 – Wild Scallion, Chicago IL (15th place overall out of 99 teams, 12th in division)
- 2006 – Indianapolis Adventure Race, Indianapolis, IN (6th place overall)
- 2006 – Planet Adventure Urban Sprint, Indianapolis, IN (2nd place co-ed, 6th overall)
- 2006 – Planet Adventure Sprint, Indianapolis, IN (3rd place all male, 7th overall)
- 2005 – Wild Scallion, Chicago IL (25th place overall)
- 2005 – DINO 18 Hour Mission Adventure Race, North Vernon, IN (10th place overall)
- Running & Other Athletic Interests
- 2008 - Hilly Hundred
- 2008 - Missouri River 340 (340 mile paddle race across Missouri)
- 2006-2009 - 3-State 3-Mountain Challenge Century, Chattanooga, TN
- 2007 – The “Wild Ride”, Road Bike Century
- 2005 – 2007 – Multiple Orienteering Events
- 2006 – DINO/XTerra Triathlon, New Castle, IN
- 2006 – DINO/XTerra Triathlon, Logansport, IN
- 2005 – Indianapolis Sprint Triathlon, Indianapolis, IN (2nd place in division)
- 2004 – Indianapolis Sprint Triathlon, Indianapolis, IN
- 2004 – Indianapolis Marathon, Indianapolis, IN
- 2004 – DINO/XTerra Triathlon, Logansport, IN
- 2004 – Indianapolis Mini Marathon, Indianapolis, IN
- 2003-2005 Multiple 5k’s and 10k’s
- Plans for 2009
- To compete in several 24 hour races
- To race the MR340 again, this time tandem
- To continue volunteering my time to direct and coorindate adventure races and orienteering meets
- Memberships
- United States Canoe Association
- Central Indiana Bike Association
- Indiana Crossroads Orienteering, Membership Director
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- October 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Another new race... the PA Moonlight Trail Run
I've been working with the new Indy Trail Runners group this year on some new events for 2010. We're excited to say we will be developing a true Ultra Trail run for next year.
In the meantime, we've put together something unique. The Planet Adventure Moonlight Trail Run is an opportunity for a night time trail run. We've setup with Indy Park's Southwestway Park to hold the race on Friday, October 30th, 2009.
We'll start at 7:30 pm (sunset is 6:45) and offer both a 5k and a 15k course. Check it out!
In the meantime, we've put together something unique. The Planet Adventure Moonlight Trail Run is an opportunity for a night time trail run. We've setup with Indy Park's Southwestway Park to hold the race on Friday, October 30th, 2009.
We'll start at 7:30 pm (sunset is 6:45) and offer both a 5k and a 15k course. Check it out!
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6:04 AM
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Friday, September 4, 2009
Mountain Bike
As an adventure racer, I seem to have fallen into a rut with my mountain bike where it sits around in it's slick tires and PowerStrap pedals setup to race.
Well yesterday I changed out those pedals and tires and took the bike to Town Run. While riding the nicely groomed trails at the park I realized just how much I miss just riding trails. It sounds funny to say, but riding trails just for fun is not something I've done in the past year or so. I plan to be back tomorrow and then find a time in the next week to go to Brown County for more.
Well yesterday I changed out those pedals and tires and took the bike to Town Run. While riding the nicely groomed trails at the park I realized just how much I miss just riding trails. It sounds funny to say, but riding trails just for fun is not something I've done in the past year or so. I plan to be back tomorrow and then find a time in the next week to go to Brown County for more.
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4:38 AM
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Thursday, September 3, 2009
Comeback!
The last few months of race directing and Planet Adventure transition have taken their toll on me. I've struggled to find time to train, and in reality I've struggled to find much extra time for anything.
But no matter... I'm back! Thanks to great friends that are willing to ride just sub 20mph with me, I've been back on the bike 3 out of the last 5 days. I've also been out to paddle, barely getting in the monthly paddle trip with Doug (we're now at 35 months in a row of paddling at least once each month together).
Today I'm hitting the trails, hoping my knee hangs in there until next Friday's surgery. It'll be nice to get that floating chip out of there and have some knee-lock-up free training experiences. I'm shooting to be back in the game for the Hilly Hundred at the end of October.
Thank you friends!
But no matter... I'm back! Thanks to great friends that are willing to ride just sub 20mph with me, I've been back on the bike 3 out of the last 5 days. I've also been out to paddle, barely getting in the monthly paddle trip with Doug (we're now at 35 months in a row of paddling at least once each month together).
Today I'm hitting the trails, hoping my knee hangs in there until next Friday's surgery. It'll be nice to get that floating chip out of there and have some knee-lock-up free training experiences. I'm shooting to be back in the game for the Hilly Hundred at the end of October.
Thank you friends!
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6:21 AM
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Monday, July 6, 2009
Shallows
Well the shallows got us. We fought our way through Logansport only to run aground again just past the Wabash/Eel confluence. We were just starting to gain som optimism as the water level surged briefly, but quickly found ourselves looking at about 250 meters of limestone shelf 3 inches under water.
We contemplated things for a bit, sitting there in the middle of a river that was 100 meters across and 3 inches deep. After more discussion, we turned around and paddled back to Logansport, portaging across more limestone to get to a take out.
Walking around Logansport Indiana at 2:30 am makes for an interesting adventure in itself. We found a combined BP/Arby's and convinced the drive through guy to serve us in the closed dining room. I guess he took pity on a couple of guys wearing pfd's and looking like they lived under a bridge.... Well actually for the moment we did live under a bridge, where we left the canoe.
Regardless we have several hours to wait for our ride, so we're hanging out on some sort of limestone steps at the Little Turtle Waterway.
We contemplated things for a bit, sitting there in the middle of a river that was 100 meters across and 3 inches deep. After more discussion, we turned around and paddled back to Logansport, portaging across more limestone to get to a take out.
Walking around Logansport Indiana at 2:30 am makes for an interesting adventure in itself. We found a combined BP/Arby's and convinced the drive through guy to serve us in the closed dining room. I guess he took pity on a couple of guys wearing pfd's and looking like they lived under a bridge.... Well actually for the moment we did live under a bridge, where we left the canoe.
Regardless we have several hours to wait for our ride, so we're hanging out on some sort of limestone steps at the Little Turtle Waterway.
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3:21 AM
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Up close with nature
Shallow!
Since there's no water to paddle, we decided to do a little fishing. Of course its not terribly fair to the fish given the water level.
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1:01 AM
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Sunday, July 5, 2009
Standing in the river....
Since there's no water, we're standing in about 8 inches of water, trying to decide where to drag the boat. We're taking a few minutes as a break in the meantime....
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11:20 PM
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